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Gunman Kills Nine, Then Himself at School
Media Reports Identify Shooter
BEMIDJI, Minn. (March 22) - A high school student went on a shooting rampage on an Indian reservation
Monday, killing his grandparents at their home and then seven people at his school, grinning and waving
as he fired, authorities and witnesses said. The suspect apparently killed himself after exchanging gunfire with police.
It was the nation's worst school shooting since the Columbine massacre in 1999 that killed 13 people.
One student said her classmates pleaded with the gunman to stop shooting.
''You could hear a girl saying, 'No, Jeff, quit, quit. Leave me alone. What are you doing?'' student Sondra
Hegstrom told The Pioneer of Bemidji, using the name of the suspected shooter.
Before the shootings at
died later. There was no immediate indication of the gunman's motive.
Authorities didn't identify the gunman, but a few media outlets identified him as Jeff Weise, citing students
and tribal leaders. Accounts of Weise's age varied from 15 to 17, as did whether he was a current student
at the school.
Relatives told the St. Paul Pioneer Press that Weise was a loner who usually wore black and was teased by
other kids. Relatives told the newspaper his father committed suicide four years ago, and that his mother was living in a
In addition to the shooter, the death toll at the school included five students, a teacher and a security guard,
FBI spokesman Paul McCabe said in
for five or six years, the
Fourteen to 15 other students were injured, McCabe said. Some were being cared for in
south of
the shootings.
Hegstrom described the shooter grinning and waving at a student his gun was pointed at, then swiveling to
shoot someone else. ''I looked him in the eye and ran in the room, and that's when I hid,'' she told The Pioneer.
McCabe declined to talk about a possible connection between the suspect and the couple killed at the home,
but Red Lake Fire Director Roman Stately said they were the grandparents of the gunman. He identified the
shooter's grandfather as Daryl Lussier, a longtime officer with the Red Lake Police Department, and said Lussier's
guns may have been used in the shootings.
Stately said the shooter had two handguns and a shotgun.
''After he shot a security guard, he walked down the hallway shooting and went into a classroom where he shot
a teacher and more students,'' Stately told
Students and a teacher, Diane Schwanz, said the gunman tried to break down a door to get into her classroom.
''I just got on the floor and called the cops,'' Schwanz told the Pioneer. ''I was still just half-believing it.''
Ashley Morrison, another student, had taken refuge in Schwanz's classroom. With the shooter banging on the
door, she dialed her mother on her cell phone. Her mother, Wendy Morrison, said she could hear gunshots on the line.
'''Mom, he's trying to get in here and I'm scared,''' Ashley Morrison told her mother, according to the newspaper.
All of the dead students were found in one room. One of them was a boy believed to be the shooter, McCabe
said. He said it was too early to speculate on a motive.
Martha Thunder's 15-year-old son, Cody, was being treated for a gunshot wound to the hip.
''He heard gunshots and the teacher said 'No, that's the janitor's doing something,' and the next thing he knew,
the kid walked in there and pointed the gun right at him,'' Thunder said, standing outside the hospital in
Police officers were posted at the hospital Monday night to discourage reporters from entering. When a reporter
approached three men walking across a hospital parking lot, one broke down in tears, and the others said they
had no comment.
The school was evacuated after the shootings and locked down for the investigation, McCabe said.
''It will probably take us throughout the night to really put the whole picture together,'' he said.
Floyd Jourdain Jr., chairman of the Red Lake Chippewa Tribe, called it ''without a doubt the darkest hour''
in the group's history. ''There has been a considerable amount of lives lost, and we still don't know the total of that,''
Jourdain said.
It was the nation's worst school shooting since two students at
killed 12 students and a teacher and wounded 23 before killing themselves on
The rampage in
were killed at
was 15 at the time, awaits trial in the case.
The reservation is about 240 miles north of the Twin Cities. It is home to the Red Lake Chippewa Tribe, one of the poorest in the state.
According to the 2000 census, 5,162 people lived on the reservation, and all but 91 were Indians.
Preliminary reports are sketchy and they are all unconfirmed, but it is believed as many as 24 people have
been shot on the Red Lake Indian Reservation, and at the Red Lake High School, and as many as 10 are
reported to have died as a result of those shootings. The majority of the shootings took place at the school.
At the time of this report, the school was still under lockdown and considered a hostile area yet, with local
police, FBI investigators, state police, Leech Lake Police and county deputies at the scene, although students
still in the building had all been released.
According to early reports, sometime after 2 p.m. a student of the school, allegedly shot his grandfather and
grandmother at their home in the Back of Town (BOT) area in Red Lake, then went to the Red Lake High
School in his grandfather's law enforcement vehicle, where he shot and killed a school security guard, 8 students
and 1 teacher.. There are reports of as many as 12 fatalities from the shootings, and 12 wounded--some critically.
The names of all the victims are being withheld pending notification of relatives.
The boy's grandfather was a veteran law enforcement officer for the Red Lake Police Department with over
30 years experience, and the entire reservation is shocked, stunned and grieving.
Although still under investigation and further details will be released at a conference scheduled for 2 p.m.
tomorrow, the student was reportedly involved in a confrontation with Red Lake Police inside the school
after the shotting, and may have fatally shot himself.
The weapons he reportedly used may have belonged to his grandfather, and a fire department official stated
the boy was wearing a police utility belt with service revolvers and also had used a shotgun
A press conference was scheduled for
Prior to the conference in Red Lake however, Paul McCabe of the FBI issued a statement, confirming 8 had
died in the shooting, 2 were male students and 2 were female students--including the shooter, a juvenile male--a
female teacher, an adult male, and at the residence, a male and female. He said at this time they believed the
shooter was acting alone and was among those who had died. He said those stodents who had died were in one
classroom when they were shot.
McCabe wouldn't eleborate further, stating the investigation was ongoing with numerous law enforcement
agencies taking part in the investigation, including the FBI, Red Lake and Leech Lake police departments,
Beltrami Council Sheriffs Department and State police.
A press conference was held at the
"First of all I'd like to thank everybody for their concern," Chairman Jourdain stated in the conference.
"Today we've had an unfortunate and tragic series of events here on the
time we're going to defer any specific information over to the Department of Public Safety and also to the
Federal Bureau of Investigation. This is, without a doubt, the darkest hour in the history of our tribe. And I
just want to again, send our heartfelt wishes out to the families, the victims, and everybody throughout
in light of the unfortunate events that happened here today."
Jourdain said our community was shocked and in dismay, when asked how the commuity was reacting.
He said in dealing with the tragic events, they would rely on people in the community who are leaders, teachers
and healers to come forth and advise everyone onhow to go about healing the community. Right now, he said, they
were all in the initial stages of shock. They would rely on the advise of elders and professional people to guide
them through the crisis.
When asked about the security of the reservation, Jourdain stated
and the school district also had their own security.
"I think the events today were something that could not be avoided," Jourdain said.
He said he had no specifics on the shooter, that he wasn't at liberty to comment specifically on the matter.
He did say he believed a student came into the school and shot several individuals.
Jourdain said he anticipated there would be many support mechanisms that would converge on the reservation,
and they also had professionals on the Reservation who had experience in things of this nature--although not this
traumatic--when asked about support people for the community. He said those resources would be made available
to the community.
He was asked if there was any warning of the incident happening, which Jourdain said he didn't know, but didn't
see any indication that there was.
"It just caught everybody completely by surprise and the whole town was floored by the events that happened
here today," Jourdain said.
He stated the building was currently secure, all students were out of the building, and the investigation on
currently ongoing.
The enrollment of
questioning was deferred to Public Safety Director, Pat Mills.
Mills stated they were still conducting their investigation and unable to give out a lot of information.
"The only thing I can tell you right now is we have multiple victims in this instant, it did occurr at the
school, and there are a number of juveniles involved," Mills stated. "Tomorrow, hopefull around
situations here that we're still checking into that started this incident that occurred. We did receive a 911 call
this afternoon at
immediately and the officers did confront the alleged suspect at that time in the school building. There was an
exchange of gunfire and that's where we're at now--doing the investigation to determine what took place."
Mills further stated that they wanted to let the people know they did have the suspect--they knew who the
suspect was, and there were no other individuals out there involved in the incident, so the community wouldn't
have to worry about anything else.
"All the family members and victims were being taken care of," Mills said. "They're meeting now at IHS
(Indian Health Service), they're being provided counseling in any way they we help them, along with the
sheriff's department who sent out some of their champlins to assist us in any way."
He wouldn't get into any details of the incident, and stated there has been security at the school since 1995.
He said there were cameras situated in the school, they have reviewed the tapes, and would relate that
information at another conference.
The school was locked down after the initial call was received and to his understanding, teachers and
staff knew what to do and did what had to be done according to school policies. This occurred within
a matter of minutes.
Mills stated they have had emergency drills involving similar scenarios just last year, and he felt teachers
and staff did what they were trained to do during the crisis.
Superintendent of Schools, Stuart Desjarlait, on behalf of the
their condolences for the victims, and were in the process of getting their crisis management plan into place.
"We have one in place and that saved a lot of kids today, and teachers utilizing that plan and following it
through on what was supposed to be done on in this case and in situations like this," Desjarlait said.
"We have a trememdous staff at
school for the rest of the week. Tomorrow the district is closed, and the next day the staff will be coming
back in."
Desjarlait said they would be working with elders, spiritual leaders, mental health counselors, and getting
a plan ready when high school teachers come back--and when the students come back to school next Wednesday.
He would not comment on the incident specifically due to the investigation still ongoing, and he said
the district had about 1500 kids in four buildings. Red Lake's School District consisted of the high
school, a middle school and elementary school located in Red Lake, and another K-8 grade school
in the Ponemah District about 25 miles north of Red Lake.
Mills explained why the FBI was investigating the incident. He said the federal government is
responsible for all major crimes that occur on Indian Reservations.
jurisdiction of the FBI. Major crimes include homicides, rape, assaults, kidnapping and ect.
The Red Lake Police Department handles a lot of the misdemeanor cases and assists the FBI on their felony cases.
All Red Lake Schools will be closed until Tuesday of next week, and a press conference is
scheduled for Tuesday afternoon, when more details will be released, along with the names of victims.
Teen Gunman Kills Nine, Then Himself in
REDBY, Minn. (March 22) - The suspect in the worst U.S. school shooting since Columbine smiled and
waved as he gunned down five students, a teacher and a guard, asking one of his victims whether he
believed in God, witnesses said. The teen's grandfather and his grandfather's wife also were found dead,
and the boy killed himself.
Reggie Graves, a student at
class Monday when he heard the gunman blast his way past the metal detector at the school's entrance,
killing a guard.
Then, in a nearby classroom, he heard the gunman say something to his friend Ryan: ''He asked Ryan if he
believed in God,''
The death toll at the Red Lake Indian Reservation in far northern
school shooting since the rampage at
ended with the deaths of 12 students, a teacher and the two teen gunmen.
The victims included the gunman's grandfather; the grandfather's wife; a school security guard; a
teacher; and five other students. At least 14 others were wounded, and two students remained in
critical condition Tuesday at MeritCare in
''There's not a soul that will go untouched by the tragic loss that we've experienced here,''
Floyd Jourdain Jr., chairman of the Red Lake Chippewa Tribe, told WCCO-TV of
Police said the gunman killed himself after exchanging fire with officers. Red Lake Fire Director Roman
Stately said the gunman had two handguns and a shotgun.
''We ask Minnesotans to help comfort the families and friends of the victims who are suffering unimaginable
pain by extending prayers and expressions of support,'' Gov. Tim Pawlenty said.
The shooter was Jeff Weise, a 17-year-old student who had been placed in the school's Homebound
program for some violation of policy, said school board member Kathryn Beaulieu. Students in that program
stay at home and are tutored by a traveling teacher. Beaulieu said she didn't know what Weise's
violation was, and wouldn't be allowed to reveal it if she did.
There was no immediate indication of Weise's motive. But several students said he held anti-social beliefs,
and he may have posted messages on a neo-Nazi Web site expressing admiration for Adolf Hitler.
A writer who identified himself as Jeff Weise of the Red Lake Reservation posted the messages under
the nickname ''Todesengel'' - German for ''angel of death.'' An April 2004 posting by him referred to being
accused of ''a threat on the school I attend,'' though the writer later said he was cleared.
Relatives told the St. Paul Pioneer Press that Weise was a loner who usually wore black and was
teased by other kids. Relatives told the newspaper his father committed suicide four years ago,
and that his mother was living in a
Beaulieu said school was canceled Tuesday, but plans hadn't been made for the rest of the week.
During the rampage, teachers herded students from one room to another, trying to move away
from the sound of the shooting, said
Some pleaded with the gunman to stop. ''You could hear a girl saying, 'No, Jeff, quit, quit. Leave me
alone. What are you doing?''' Sondra Hegstrom told The Pioneer of Bemidji.
Student Ashley Morrison said she heard shots, then saw the gunman's face peering though a door window
of a classroom where she was hiding with several other students. After banging at the door, the shooter
walked away and she heard more shots, she said.
''I can't even count how many gunshots you heard, there was over 20. ... There were people screaming,
and they made us get behind the desk,'' she said.
FBI spokesman Paul McCabe said the gunman exchanged gunfire with
then retreated to a classroom, where he was believed to have shot himself.
All of the dead students were found in one room, including the teen believed to be the shooter.
Authorities closed roads to the reservation in far northern
shootings. The reservation, about 240 miles north of the Twin Cities, is home to the Red Lake Chippewa
Tribe, one of the poorest in the state. According to the 2000 census, 5,162 people lived on the
reservation, and all but 91 were Indians.
Some of the injured were being cared for in
were posted at the hospital Monday night to keep reporters from entering. When a reporter approached
three men walking across a hospital parking lot, one broke down in tears and the others said they had no comment.
It was the second fatal school shooting in
Students Say There May Have Been Warning Signs
and wrote stories about zombies. He dressed in black, wore eyeliner and apparently admired Hitler and
called himself the ''Angel of Death'' in German. His father committed suicide about four years ago, and his
mother is in a nursing home after an auto accident, according to news reports.
On Monday, 17-year-old Jeff Weise went on a rampage, shooting to death his grandfather and the
grandfather's companion, then invading his school on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. Armed with two
pistols and a shotgun, he killed nine people and wounded seven before shooting himself to death in
the nation's bloodiest school shooting since Columbine High in
Investigators are not sure exactly what set Weise off, but fellow students at Red Lake High said they
saw what looked, in retrospect, like warning signs.
About a month ago, his sketch of a guitar-strumming skeleton accompanied by a caption that read
''March to the death song 'til your boots fill with blood'' was displayed in his English class, said classmate
Parston Graves Jr.
know'' that he was going to do something,
shooting each other. ''It was mental stuff,'' he said. ''It was sick.''
Weise, who routinely wore a long black trench coat, eyeliner and combat boots, has been described
by several classmates as a quiet teenager. Some of them knew about his troubled childhood - relatives
told the St. Paul Pioneer Press his father had committed suicide and his mother suffered head injuries in an auto accident.
Audrey Thayer, a friend of the family who also works for the Minnesota chapter of the American Civil
Liberties Union office in Bemidji, about 30 miles from the town where the shooting occurred, said Weise's
story was one of ''devastation and loss.''
Thayer said Weise had been living with his 58-year-old grandfather, Daryl Lussier, and Lussier's 32-year-old
companion, Michelle Sigana. Thayer said Weise had been teased at school, but she didn't think that set
him off. ''In high school, you always have jabs at each other,'' she said.
Authorities said that during the rampage inside the school, Weise appeared to choose his victims at random.
Some witnesses said he smiled and waved as he fired.
Michael Tabman, the FBI's agent in charge of the
established a motive for the shootings. Investigators said they did not know if there had been some
kind of confrontation between Weise and his grandfather.
If Weise was quiet in school, he became an extrovert in cyberspace. It appeared he may have posted
messages on a neo-Nazi Web site expressing admiration for Hitler and calling himself ''Todesengel,''
German for the ''Angel of Death.''
Several notes signed by a Jeff Weise, who identified himself as ''a Native American from the
'Indian' Reservation,'' were posted beginning last year on a Web site operated by the Libertarian
National Socialist Green Party.
In one posting, he criticized interracial mixing on the reservation and slammed fellow Indian teens for
listening to rap music. ''We have kids my age killing each other over things as simple as a fight,
and it's because of the rap influence,'' he wrote.
While the writing of his postings on the neo-Nazi Web site may have been sloppy and full of typos,
Weise was also able to write more polished prose for stories published on the Internet about zombies.
Weise's Hotmail address links him to frequent postings on one Internet forum called ''Rise of the
Dead,'' a site where contributors collaborate on stories about ''average people attempting to
survive in a zombie-infested world,'' according to the site.
Weise, posting under the handle ''Blades11,'' appeared to be a regular contributor to numerous
fan fiction sites related to zombies. On one, Weise identifies himself as being from
lists himself as an amateur writer.
He goes on to write, ''I'm a fan of zombie films, have been for years, as well as fan of horror
movies in general. I like to write horror stories, read about Nazi Germany and history, and someday
plan on moving out of the US.''
In a posting from Feb. 6, he agreed to continue contributing to a story line but added that things are
''kind of rocky right now so I might disappear unexpectedly.''
Fellow student Ashley Morrison, 17, said Weise liked heavy metal music and dressed like a ''goth,'' with
black clothes, chains on his pants and black spiky hair.
''He looks like one of those guys at the
members of the so-called Trench Coat Mafia, who killed 12 students, a teacher and themselves at
Columbine near
Link to this web site http://www.nazi.org
School Shooter Appeared to Act Alone
Teen Described as a Loner Who Had Disciplinary Problems
RED LAKE, Minn. (March 22) - The boy accused of killing nine people in a shooting spree first
shot his grandfather and his companion, then donned the man's police-issue gunbelt and bulletproof
vest before heading to the high school, where he shot students and teachers at random, authorities
said Tuesday.
FBI agent Michael Tabman said Jeff Weise appeared to be acting alone in Monday's rampage and the
motive was unknown. When it was over, 10 people, including five students and Weise himself, were dead.
It was the worst
At a news conference Tuesday, Tabman said he couldn't confirm whether Weise was the same person
who made posts to a neo-Nazi site, including one in which the writer billed himself as the ''Angel of Death.''
Aside from the teen's grandfather, Daryl Lusier, and Lusier's companion, Michelle Sigana, Weise's targets
appeared random, Weise said. An unarmed security guard and a teacher also were killed.
Initial reports had as many as 15 people injured in the shooting, but authorities Tuesday lowered that to
seven. Five remained in the hospital, including two students with critical injuries from gunshot wounds to
the head or face.
Some of the victims were shot at close range, medical officials said.
Reggie Graves, a student at
in class Monday when he heard the gunman blast his way past the metal detector at the school's
entrance, where an unarmed guard was killed.
Then, in a nearby classroom, he heard the gunman say something to his friend Ryan. ''He asked Ryan
if he believed in God,''
The death toll at the Red Lake Indian Reservation in far northern
school shooting since the rampage at
ended with the deaths of 12 students, a teacher and the two teen gunmen.
''Right now we are in utter disbelief and shock,'' said Floyd Jourdain Jr., chairman of the Red Lake
Band of Chippewa.
At least three of the victims were shot in the head at close range, said officials at
to the
''I think there was an intent to kill,'' Tim Hall, the hospital's emergency nursing director, said at a
morning news conference. Three victims remained at North Country Regional, none in critical condition.
Police said the gunman killed himself after exchanging fire with officers. Red Lake Fire Director Roman